Here's Who's Going To Win the Oscars This Year

For a variety of reasons, the winners in this years Oscars race have seemed clear-cut for weeks. Maybe it's because the nominations themselves this year contained few surprises or because of the heaping piles of trophies that the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Argo have already picked up at the season's other awards shows. Maybe it's because of Nate Silver. Whatever. This year's Academy Awards have the potential to be the most boring in recent memory (and last year was really boring). We'll have to rely on host Seth MacFarlane to keep things lively. Come on, Seth! We're counting on you!

Just kidding, he'll suck, too.

Anyway, here are the best bets going into the show, my personal favorites and my own dreams that I've dreamed aside:

* These are per Nate Silver's predictions. Django Unchained's Christoph Waltz seems like the more agreed-upon bet for Best Supporting Actor, but what are you gonna do? Disagree with Nate Silver? Fine, but it's your funeral.

^ These are categories containing a majority of nominees that I have no sense of, and for which little buzz exists. For these, I defer to the consensus of the experts that Golden Derby surveyed.

Of course, if the winners should deviate from this list, that would be surprising and thus good for the viewing experience. And if they don't, then you'll be able to marvel at how well Gawker did at naming all of the winners before the show. Win/win.